Container ship repaired, under way
JUNEAU (AP) -- An electrical fire caused a container ship carrying goods bound for Anchorage to drift without power for several hours on Monday, the Coast Guard said.

Now Showing: The Bourne Identity
Looks like I should have saved last weeks intro about how popular stories about the CIA have become for this week. The Bourne Identity brings us yet another story from the spy shop, though it is much more compelling than it's aimless competitor, Bad Company.

Marine Center construction under way in Homer
Walking the grounds, it takes a familiarity with the blueprints to tease a mind's-eye view of what this flat expanse of brown earth and excavation a-roar with backhoes and bulldozers will look like a year and three months from now.

Assembly president files to run for borough mayor
Citing what he called a lack of leadership in the borough's top elected office, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Tim Navarre announced officially today he is launching a campaign to unseat Borough Mayor Dale Bagley in the October election.

Residency challenge dogs Senate hopeful
Sen. Jerry Ward says a complaint filed with the Division of Elections June 7 alleging he does not live within the bounds of the newly drawn Senate District Q, the seat the two-term Republican hopes to win in the November election, are politically motivated but destined to be tossed out.

Oilers' Reilly beats Dons in final start
The Ukiah, Calif., Victory Dons didn't get to use the material they'd normally bat with Friday. The Peninsula Oilers didn't get to use many of the players they'd normally go to bat with Friday.

Awareness of terrorist risks makes world safer place
More than nine months after Sept. 11, the world has undergone substantial changes in the areas of defense and security, but obviously no one is in a position to guarantee that al-Qaida's terrorism will not act again.

Are your freedoms being threatened?
WASHINGTON -- Select any moment in American history and you can find agitation about the meaning of the Constitution. Right now, though, the pondering, probing and hand-wringing have reached something of a constitutional clamor.

Effective teachers must be identified, rewarded
During the past 60 years, I have experienced 300 or more teachers or professors in elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities in Idaho, Oregon, California, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, New Mexico and Alaska. In subject areas as diverse as quantum physics, art, biology, nuclear reactors, sociology, economics, logic, chemistry, mathematics, English, literature, history, all the fields of engineering, botany, political science and music, I can recall less than 20 of them who were really dedicated to teaching their students and were really effective in motivating me to learn.

States should pay wrongly convicted
Convicts who lose years of life behind bars for crimes they did not commit should be compensated. Period. And they shouldn't have to go to court to fight for it. It should be automatic.

Around the Peninsula
Fish and Game opens Russian River sanctuaryClub director to be featured on cable showWellness forum plannedSummer adventure program registration extendedHomer youth week scheduledImpact of oil development to be discussedKenai chamber seeks participants

A look into the past: Washday 1955
This photo was taken about 1955 by Marge Mullen at the Lancashire homestead between Soldotna and Kenai. The ladies hanging the wash to dry are Abby and Martha Lancashire.

Photo feature: Respect
Flames consume a tattered flag during a Disposal of Unserviceable National Colors Ceremony on Flag Day Friday at the American Legion Post 20 in Kenai.

Kids find 'grandpa' at day care
"There are a lot of kids here that call Jerry, grandpa," said his wife, Anita, who owns Soldotna Kiddie Kare where Jerry volunteers five days a week.

Dikes, Larsen wed in Soldotna
Christina Dikes and Lance Larsen, both of Anchorage, were married at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2002, at the Soldotna Church of the Nazarene. The Rev. Bruce Hardesty officiated.

U.S. Open belongs to Woods
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- The longest course in U.S. Open history was only a short stop for Tiger Woods on his way to a real Grand Slam.

Senegal nets golden goal
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) -- Senegal and Spain worked overtime Sunday to get into the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Actually, the Spaniards had to go beyond that, beating Ireland 3-2 in a penalty-kick shootout after a 1-1 tie.

South Korea goes crazy for World Cup
SEOUL, South Korea -- The last time 3 million Koreans waved national flags, in 1919, they were calling for liberation from Japanese colonialists. The last time a half-million people packed Seoul's City Hall Plaza in 1987, they were shouting ''Down with dictatorship!'